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TTTE SrrypAT ORTSGOTaAX, POKTT.AMJ, PECramreR 13, 1914. ' TAFT SAYS BUDGET SYSTEM IS HEEDED Governmental . Economy Held Essential if Nation Is to Avoid Bankruptcy. fiESPONSIBILITY IS FIXED "AVe Have Acted Like Children," Declares ex-President, Renew ing Recommendation Made in One of , Bis ' Messages. NEW YORK, Dec' 12. Ex-President Tart, guest of honor at a . luncheon today at the Lawyers' Club, spoke at Jengrth on efficiency and economy in the National Government and advocated the establishment of a budget system "All the countries in the world that have respectable government, except our own. have budgets, he said. "We have acted . like children. We have Jiad so much money available through taxation that we have not been obliged to consult the revenue side of the ledger. "Now we are coming: to the point where we must pursue the policy that all other governments have found ah solutely necessary in order to keep out of bankruptcy. These three things are the great instrumentalities that ought to be created: "First Machinery for the reorganiza tion of the executive departments of the Covernment so as to eliminate duplications and overlaps. Responsible Bureau Required. "Second A bureau directly respon sible to the President, to report to him a comparative statement of economy ana efficiency in each department. -"Third, a plan for bringing the ex cutive and legislative departments closer together and the preparation of an annual budget on which Congress can intelligently act. "The co-operation of the executive and the legislative branches in this matter of the budget can be best ef- Tected by carrying out recommenda tions to Congress made in one of my last messages, that the heads of de partments have an opportunity to ap pear on the floor of each house to an ewer questions, to take part in the dis cussion, to introduce bills, and through the Secretary of the Treasury, to pre sent the budget for which the execu tive department, with the President at its head, and his Cabinet behind him, become responsible. Responsibility on Congress. "With the opportunity of the Secre tary of the Treasury and the other Cabinet officers to appear on the floor In presentation of the budget, a means win do offered for an intelligible dis cussion, and if Congress chooses to Is Bore the recommendations of the Ex ecutive, then the responsibility will be that of Congress. "In the presentation which the Execu tive makes, the whole field of Govern ment expenditures will be covered and tho whole field of Government income.' RESERVE MONEY RECEIVED Vancouver Bank Obtains First Lot of Jfew Currency. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe cial. The Washington Exchange Bank, of this city, today received Its first ederal reserve currency. It was issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi cago and is series 7-G, in ?5 bills. The currency has a picture of Lincoln on one side and of Columbus, with his crew, sighting land, on the other. There is also a picture of the landing of the I'ilgrims. This form of money, bankers say, is uesiinea 10 oe ine only Kino: of paper money in use, as It automatically re tires all other forms of currency. It is receivable by all National and member ranks and Federal reserve banks for an customs and taxes and is redeema ble in gold. HOPMEN MEETAT DALLAS Oregon Association Recruits 90 Per Cent of Growers in Section. DALLAS, Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) The Oregon Hopgrowers' Association held a meeting In the county court house in this city today. Chester G. Ooad presided. The meeting was in charge of J. L. Cartwright, of Harris burg; M. L. Jones, of Brooks; T. V. D Vnul. of Sheridan: H. B. Fletcher, of dependence and J. L. Clarke, of Ispringfield. The association expected to meet with opposition to its plans In Dallas and vicinity. More than 90 per cent of the growers in this section became members of the rew organization. The meeting was a complete success. JUDGMENT LEVY DENIED Salem Property Title Safe From $70,000 Decree Against Husband. SALEM, Or., Dec. 13. (Special. Cir cuit Judgw Galloway today decided that Mrs. Grace D. Barnes held title to val uable property in this city and that A. B. Spencer, of Los Angeles, who ob tained judgment for $70,000 against her husband, L. S. Barnes, could not levy on It. Judge Galloway characterized the de cree of the California court awarding Spencer a Judgment against Barnes as a "lightning Cash of snap Judgment." The suit related to profits resulting from a mining deal, the plaintiff alleg ing that Barnes kept the money that should have been divided. MAN 100 SEEKS PENSION Beginning to Feel Infirmities of Age Veteran Files First Request. VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec 12. Charles Leroy, of West Vancouver, who cele brated his 100th birthday last Septem ber, filed application today with the American Consul for a pension as a former United States soldier. He enlisted as a private In the Union army in 1861. when he was 47 years old. and served through the war. rising to a Lieutenancy. He had not previous ly sought a pension and does so now because he is beginning to feel the In firmities of age, although still in good health. Ing Mrs. Ida Marsters. president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Douglas County, and other members of the organization. Marshal T. J. Wil liams this afternoon publicly destroyed two barrels of bottled beer and a half dozen cases of whiskey. The "ceremonies" were held In the business district and were attended by a noisy demonstration. Armed with a hammer, the officer cracked the bottles in plain view of the assemblage and the liquor trickled down the gutter and into a manhole. This was the first public destruction of liauor held In Roseburg, and was conducted under a recently enacted ordinance providing that liquor shall not be brought Into Roseburg by means other than by a common carrier. The liquor was con fiscated from J. M. Spancake, who was one of those who witnessed its destruction. Prior to destroying the liquor the women assembled gathered about the "wet" goods, where they posed, for a photograph. ROAD TAX MAY BE LOW WASHINGTON LEGISLATl'RE PRE PARING FOR ECONOMY. Power of Levying; Boards to Be Modi- fled and Abolition of Some Commission Intimated. OLTMPIA, Wash, Dec. 12. (Spe clal.) Construction of no new state buildings and creation of no new com' missions or bureaus, but Instead a pos sible reduction of the permanent high way levy and limitations upon the powers of tax-levying bodies, are pre dieted by Leiutenant-Governor Hart in a statement Issued today relative to the probable programme of the 14th Wash ington Legislature. "Practical economy" would be the keynote of . the session. Mr. Hart said, adding: In my opinion there will be no gen eral fund appropriations for any pur pose other than the economical admin istration of the affairs of the state and the proper maintenance of its InBtitu tions. No new buildings will be pro vided for. No new bureaus or com missions will be created that will come to the next Legislature asking for ap propriations. "The public highway fund levy of 1 mill probably will remain unchanged. although there is much talk of amend ing the permanent highway law by a reduction of the levy, but there will be no change in the highway policy as established by the 13th Legislature. Provision undoubtedly will be made for the completion, during the coming bi- ennium, of partly constructed public highways. "The practical economy that will be observed on the tax receipts of the ordinary taxpayer will be limiting the power of some of our numerous tas levying boards and the possible abo lition of some of the boards and com missioners, or at least of their tax levying powers." Regarding his personal plans for helping the economy programme, Mr. Hart said: - "Nine of the strongest and hardest- working men in the Senate, not in service in other Important work, will be selected to constitute the appropri ations committee, and they will be urged to attend regularly each meeting of the committee.: SUFFRAGE BEQUEST HIT GRANDCHILDREN OF LATE FRANK LESLIE START ACTION. Plaintiffs Demand 9400,000 Each, and Declare That 20,0O0 Set Aside for Women Will Be Withheld. NEW YORK, Dec 12. Mrs. Frank Leslie's million-dollar bequest to the cause of woman suffrage was attacked today in two trials started In the Su preme Court by Florence L. Weissbrod and Lonetta L. Hollander, grandchildren of Frank Leslie, the founder of the publishing firm which bears his name. The plaintiffs in these suits demand $400,000 each as their share of the es tate and also set. forth that 1200.000 all that would be left of the money be queathed by Mrs. Leslie to suffrage- should be paid to Frank Leslie III and Arthur Leslie, also grandchildren of Frank Leslie I. The petitioners allege that Mrs. Frank Leslie was entitled to only one-third of the $1,800,000 estate which she disposed of by will. Mrs. Leslies will provided that the residue of ber1 estate be paid outright to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. Although she imposeq no restrictions on Mrs. Catt, she expressed the hope in her will that the money would be spent for ad vancing woman suffrage. GERMAN LINER ANSWERS Delivery of Gold in Wartime Held Illegal, as Aiding Enemy. ' BOSTON, Dec 12. Delivery by the German steamer Kronprlnzessin Cecllie of $2,000,000 in gold coin at Cherbourg. trance, and ? 1,000,000 at Plymouth, England, would have been illegal, as it would have given aid to the enemies of Germany, the North German Lloyd Line, owners of the steamer, declare in their answer filed today to the libel brought by the National City Bank of New York for breach of contract. The bank seeks damages of $436,000. The steamer, after sailing from New York with a shipment of gold made by the bank, turned back- to Bar Harbor, Me., to avoid capture by hostile warships. The company contends that the return of the Cecilie to American waters was not only a justifiable precaution, but was also the performance of an obvious duty which the commander owed to the owners of the steamer, the passengers. tne crew ana tne owners of the cargo. FARM SCHOOL ATTRACTS Short Course Offered at Molalla Has Good Attendance. MOLALLA. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) The farmers' short course, conducted by the State Agricultural College, which has been in progress here for the past week, closed today. It has been a successful session. The day time meetings have been well attended. It is proposed to make this an annual event. The stock Judging department, which made a specialty of dairy cows and hogs, attracted most attention. The domestic science course, under the direction of Miss Bertha Davis, was very attractive. The Grange Hall, where the sessions were held, was too small to accommodate the women attending. CONTEMPT TRIALS GALLED "FARCICAL" Colorado Miner Says Defend ants Were Identified by Numbers on Chairs. APPEAL IS FORESTALLED Men Said to Hare Been Released Be fore Higher Court Readied Cases. Defrauding by Means of Scales Also Charged. DENVER, Dec 12. Edward L. Doyle, secretary - treasurer of District IB, United Mine Workers of America, tes tified before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations today regard ing the bulletins Issued by Walter H. Fink, publicity agent for the miners, in th recent coal strike. He declared that the bulletins had been prepared by Fink, who was di rectly responsible for the accuracy of the statements contained In them. Questioned regarding the truth of these statements, however, Doyle asserted that Vaey were correct so far as he knew. The witness was asked if he had evidence to prove the charge that the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company controlled politics in Huerfano County. Common Knowledge Not Proof. "It is like asking a man "What Is air? Everyone knows what It Is. but it you want to demonstrate It. vou have to go into chemical formulas," he replied. As Check weisrhman at onn mlno Doyle testified that the miners were defrauded of from seven to 14 tons a day; but after he had balanced the scales the mine superintendent com plained that the men were getting paid for more than they mined. The weie-h boss then, he said, "shortweighed" the freight shipments, whereupon the con sumers protested against short weights and the loss was then blamed on the railroads. Doyle narrated the story of his two trials for contempt of court on charsres of violating the injunction against the northern field miners, which, he said, "prevented them from doing anything but eating and sleeping." -' Trials Declared Farcical. The trials, he said, were "farcical." There was no Jury, and durinir the proceedings, he said, the prisoners were .aentified by the witnesses ac cording to the chairs in which they sat in court. Most of the men convicted. he testified, had not been In a street fight with strikebreakers, as charged. In the first case the union men were sentenced to a year in Jail and a fine. Before an appeal could be heard In the Supreme Court, Doyle testified, the convicting judge released them. following bis second conviction. Doyle said, his jailer told him that the Judge would release hi if he apologized for articles which he had written and which ajpeard in the official organ of the United Mine Work ers of America. The witness declared that he had been arrested for partici pation in e. meeting forbidden by the injunction. In court, he added, the ar ticles were read at thr insistence of the Judge, who asked him whether he was the author. Denial, he said, would have been perjury; admission In the presence of the cotrt would have meant another charge of contempt of court. Secret Apolosry Refused. He admitted the authorship, he said. and the Judge "told the coal operators' attorneys, not the District Attorney, to get out a warrant. On this charge he was sentenced to a year in Jail and fined $500. After tour months in jail, within three days of the hearing of the appeal In the Circuit Court, the jailer had presented the request for a secret apology to the Judge, and the witness said he declined. The following day he was released on the order of the Judge. The appeal was never argued. He did not know whether the sentence was remitted. The fine was never paid in either convic This was the last attempt of the op erators, he said, o secure injunction in the state courts. 'I don't know whether the Commis sion is superstitious," he added, "but the moment sentence was pronounced on our second conviction the scales held by the figure o" Justice on the dome of the Statehousc fell clattering to the roof of the Courtho - " Union Publicity Not Supervised. There was no regular union supervi sion of publicity work, Doyle said. The bulletins were entitled, "The Struggle in Colorado for Industrial Freedom," and were issued after the operators had published "Facts About the Strug gle In joioraao zor inausinai free dom." J With the "Ludlow massacre the union had no connection, he said, but his personal opinion was that it was based on fact. J. F. Welborn. president of the Col orado Fuel & Iron Company, had asked the commissioners to ascertain the au thority on which the sentence in this booklet was based which read: "John D. Rockefeller. Jr., had Just preached the word of God to his Sunday school in New York." 'I suppose it was written on a-Mon day." said the witness. Statements of the cost of the strike in the booklet, the witness said he be lieved, had been secured from clippings from newspapers and the State Auditor. Gunmen "Look Plentiful." The witness could not confirm the statement that there were 1000 gun men Imported into the state. They looked plentiful, he said. Doyle affirmed that at Forbes, in February, 1913. the gunmen had shot Into the tent colony, killing one roan and wounding a boy with a machine gun. The tent was exhibited through out the United States, he said. It was his understanding, he said, that opera tors' gunmen had attacked strikers In the so-called Seventh-street fight at Walsenburg. The "gunmen were later exonerated by the court. Doyle declared the bulletins were ac curate. In his opinion, when they ac cused Major Hamrock and Lieutenant Llnderfelt of deliberately attacking the Ludlow colony April 20. He did not know the authority for the statement that there were two machine guns at Ludlow. ROSEBURG RUINS LIQUOR Jioisy Crowd of 400 Witnesses Act I'nder Confiscation Law. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec 12. (Special.) In the presence of 40 people, lnclud- Washougal Beats Cape Horn, 33-17 WASHOUGAL. Wash..-Dec 12. (Spe cial. 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Come and Avail Yourself of This Wonderful Opportunity. Fourth at orrison Morrison 1 DRY BRITAIN URGED Sister of Kitchener Would Shut Salons During War. essary steps to secure through Parlia ment the same end. "A great national demonstration In the Albert Hall would bring home to politicians of all parties the need for prompt action. "Would it not be possible for the House of Commons to agree by consent of all partiea to do away with Intox icants during the war? Russia has done It; why not Britain?" LETTERS SENT TO PRESS The hlsbest watenall la th worfld is the Oiolock cascade. In the Tosemits, which is 2364 text high. Mrs. F. E. J. Parker Says That Many New Soldiers Are Being Made Inefficient by Use of Liquor and Cites Czar's Act. . LONDON. Dec. 12. (Special.) A campaign has begun in England, headed by Mrs. Frances E. J. Parker, sister of Field Marsnal Earl Kitchener, to , close all public houses (saloons) during the war. Mrs. Parker has addressed commu nications to every newspaper In Eng land calling attention to the fact that Premier Asqulth had admitted that from 10 to IB per cent of the newly drafted regiments were being rendered inefficient through the use of Intoxi cants. In earlier letters Mrs. Parker drew attention to the action of Russia, and suggested that Great Britain follow that country's lead. Kitchener Backs Plan, Is Story. English newspapers say It is ru mored her campaign has the support of Earl Kitchener. One of Mrs. Parker's recent letters follows: "Alexandra Club. 13. Grosvenor Street Sir: The letters I have already addressed to the press, pleading with the nation on behalf of our soldiers, have brought me a large correspond ence, revealing the widespread mis chief that is going on at the present time. "In the House of Commons It was said that between 30 and 40 per cent of our new soldiers are being ren dered inefficient through drink and its attendant evils. The Prime Minister admitted that from 10 to 15 per cent are. Changing Condition Is Urged. "If the country were placed under martial law there is no doubt what ever the military authorities would im mediately and drastically change all this. It is surely incumbent upon the people of this country to "take the nec- GERMANY ASKS FOR HELP Refugees at Shanghai May Be Brought to United States if O. K. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. At the re quest of the German embassy here the State Department has undertaken to ar range for the coming to the United States of several German women and children, refugees at Shanghai. China, most of whom left Kiau-Chau before the siege of that fortress by the Jap anese and English began. The Department has referred the question to the bureau of immigration for its opinion, as there might be ob jection If any of the refugees were likely to become public charges. Arrangements also have been made for sending relief funds to German prisoners in Siberia. The necessary au thority has been given to the American Minister in China to send funds cabled to him to the detention camps where the Germans were reported to be sadly in need of money. meda avenue and Brazee street, to cost 2500. J. McLong is the builder. District Attorneys' Reports Asked. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) Secretary of State Olcott has called the attention of the District Attorneys to the law which requires that they file a written report relating to the amount and character of the official business transacted by them during the . fiscal year ending the first Monday in Sep tember. Only five District Attorneys have complied with the law, and the Secretary of State will Insist that the others file reports as soon as possible. Japan expects to reap c JnMder&blo bene fit from the Panfima .Canal, and Is build ing a fleet of boats especially tor tills service. WASHINGTON PIONEER DEAD Thomas P. Page, Father of Mrs. Miles Poindexter, Passes at 82. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec 12. Thomas P. Page, a Walla Walla pioneer of 1S53, father of Mrs. Miles Poindexter, wife of the United States Senator, and of Mrs. Charles Morton, wife of a retired Brigadier-General of the United States Armyt died last night at his home In Kent, aged 82 years. He had been ' postmaster of Walla Walla, and member of the Territorial Legislature. Owners of Cortea Rued.- Suit was filed by the Llnnton Realty Company yesterday against the Nor wegian bark Cortez. asking that a warrant be issued for the seizure of the vessel until recovery was had of $156 alleged to be due because of the destruction of a dolphin at the wharf oi the plaintiff. It is said the dolphin was pulled away through carelessness in handling the vessel. 92500 Dwelling Started. H. M. 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